{"conversationCode":"536-007","tapeNumber":536,"conversationNumber":7,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-536-007","startDateTime":"1971-07-03T12:58:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-07-03T13:01:00.000Z","startDate":"3-Jul-1971","startTime":"8:58 AM","endDate":"3-Jul-1971","endTime":"9:01 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator; [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On July 3, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:58 am to 9:01 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 536-007 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":1,"chronRelease":"First Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"5-Oct-1999","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 536-7\n\nDate: July 3, 1971\nTime: 8:58 am - 9:01 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President\n\nThe President talked with the nurse in charge of the Intensive Care Unit at Massachusetts\nGeneral Hospital\n\n[See Conversation No. 6-118]","filename":["536-007.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:19:28","tapeEnd":"01:21:04","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"536-006","nextCode":"536-008","transcript":[{"start":6.93,"end":29.8,"text":"I'll just talk to him."},{"start":29.82,"end":29.94,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":29.96,"end":30.04,"text":"Yes?"},{"start":30.06,"end":30.44,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":30.46,"end":31.12,"text":"Yes, how are you?"},{"start":31.14,"end":35.27,"text":"When you got to have a chance to see the Congressman, you were telling me that I called just wishing well."},{"start":35.62,"end":44.64,"text":"He and I were in the Navy together many years ago before you were born, perhaps, back in 1942."},{"start":44.9,"end":49.69,"text":"And he's a very old friend, and we were served in Congress together when he first came."},{"start":49.91,"end":53.95,"text":"And I hope he's doing all right."},{"start":53.97,"end":54.9,"text":"You give him my best wishes."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the nurse in charge of the Intensive Care Unit at Massachusetts General Hospital to inquire about the medical status of an old friend and former congressional colleague. The President reminisced briefly about their shared history serving in the Navy during World War II and their time in Congress together. He concluded the brief call by requesting that the nurse pass along his best wishes for the patient's recovery.","topics":["Richard Nixon","Massachusetts General Hospital","Congressional relations","Personal health","World War II"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T23:17:49.253Z"},"topicSlugs":["richard-nixon","massachusetts-general-hospital","congressional-relations","personal-health","world-war-ii"],"audioDurationSec":57,"audioFiles":[{"file":"536-007.mp3","bytes":2296477,"durationSec":57.28,"bitrate":320716,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.011Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/536-007.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/536-007","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/536/conversation-536-007","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}